"The foundations of the world will be shaky until the moral props are restored."

-- Anne O'Hare McCormick

#Foundation Quotes #World Quotes #Moral Quotes

“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.”
“My adoptive mother tirelessly worked most of her life to build up my self-esteem. So what happened was finding her started to shed light and destroy my mythos. So for the first year of knowing [biological mother], my mom kind of actually literally visited me in Detroit and kind of gave me a tour of my life - where I was conceived, where I was born, where she found out she was pregnant. It was amazing and very emotional.”

Source : "For Key And Peele, Biracial Roots Bestow Special Comedic 'Power'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 20, 2013.
“Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.”
“I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.”
“When a girl says, 'I can't believe I'm doing this!' just know that she had it planned from the minute she shaved”

Source : FaceBook post by caprice crane from Aug 10, 2012
“To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts, to feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom - one brief hour of madness and joy.”
“Love and passion are well and good while they last, but in the end what mattes is whether you like the person you are with. Friendship and companionship matter more. They are the things that last. And if in the end we learn to be friends, I will be content.”

Source : Arlene J. Chai (1995). “The Last Time I Saw Mother”, Fawcett Books
“Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, itâ€™s definitely going to be more satisfying in the end”

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